How to build yourself a nBox Probe and Packet Recorder

If you need a network probe or a packet recorder you have two options. Grab a turn-key nBox or built it yourself using our software. In the first case you will receive a optimised system, with the right motherboard/CPU/NIC for your monitoring tasks and all software preinstalled/configured. However if you want to build yourself your nBox (e.g. you can reuse an old/spare server or get a new one if you plan to address 10 Gbit monitoring) you can now do it. Below we will describe how to build it step by step:

If you prefer CentOS/RedHat you can also use CentOS Server 6.x x64. We also support CentOS but to date we have not yet ported the nBox package to CentOS and thus you need to use it from the command line.

Once you have configured the machine and installed the base operating system, depending on your OS go to: